Major events of the Renaissance, Reformation, and Age of Exploration

  • The Black Death
    Jan 1, 1347

    The Black Death

    a rampant disease spread all throughout Europe and killed more than half of the entire population.
  • Beginning of Renaissance
    Jan 1, 1400

    Beginning of Renaissance

    The Renaissance period started
  • Ceuta
    Jan 1, 1415

    Ceuta

    The Portuguese sieze the city in North Africa
  • Johannes Guttenberg
    Jan 1, 1439

    Johannes Guttenberg

    He invented the revolutionary Printing Press
  • Christopher Columbus
    Oct 12, 1492

    Christopher Columbus

    He set sail to find a water route to Asia but instead came across The Americas
  • The Line of Demarcation
    May 4, 1493

    The Line of Demarcation

    Pope Alexander VI stops the rivalry between portugal and Spain by setting a line down that divides the South Americas
  • Brazil
    Jun 7, 1494

    Brazil

    Portugal claims Brazil because of the Treaty of Tordesillas
  • The Last Supper
    Jan 1, 1495

    The Last Supper

    Leonardo Da Vinci painted this piece from 1495 - 1498
  • Vasco da Gama
    May 20, 1498

    Vasco da Gama

    Vasco da Gama find India after rounding Southern Africa
  • Mona Lisa by Leonardo Da Vinci
    Jan 1, 1503

    Mona Lisa by Leonardo Da Vinci

    Leonardo Da Vinvi paints the Mona Lisa during the Renaissance
  • Henry VIII
    Jan 1, 1509

    Henry VIII

    Henry VIII becomes king
  • Malacca
    Aug 24, 1511

    Malacca

    Portugal seize Malacca which lets them ally with asian leaders that let them become a major part of the Asian Trade route
  • Sistine Chapel ceiling
    Jan 1, 1512

    Sistine Chapel ceiling

    Michelangelo started this painting during 1508 and finished in1512
  • Vasco Núñez de Balboa
    Jan 1, 1513

    Vasco Núñez de Balboa

    While on search for gold Balboa discovered the Pacific Ocean claiming it as Spains
  • Martin Luther
    Oct 31, 1517

    Martin Luther

    Luther posted the 95 Theses on the front door of the Catholic Church
  • Ferdinand Magellan
    Jan 1, 1519

    Ferdinand Magellan

    Magellan was the first explorer who would have curcuited the globe but he died before he could do that in battle
  • Hernan Cortés
    Feb 1, 1519

    Hernan Cortés

    Hernan lands in Mexico with his men conquering the city of Tenochtitlán by battleing the Aztecs
  • New Testament
    Jan 1, 1522

    New Testament

    Martin published the New Testamnet previously written in Hebrew and ancient Greek now translated to German
  • Francisco Pizarro
    Aug 29, 1533

    Francisco Pizarro

    Pizarro conquers Peru and then executes the Inca emperor
  • The Act of Supremacy
    Jan 1, 1534

    The Act of Supremacy

    Since Henry VIII is king he declares himself the head of the church and no one can object to him
  • Council of Trent
    Jan 1, 1545

    Council of Trent

    The Roman Catholic Church eliminate any type of possible agreement with the Protastants
  • Peace of Augsburg
    Jan 1, 1555

    Peace of Augsburg

    Temporary agreement to which the princes had to decide which religion Lutherism or Catholicism would spread on their lands
  • The Edict of Nantes
    Apr 30, 1558

    The Edict of Nantes

    This was a sort of peace treaty to obtain religious freedom throught the kingdom and give rights to the Huguenots
  • Queen Elizabeth I
    Nov 17, 1558

    Queen Elizabeth I

    Elizabeth I became queen after her older sister and is well known because of the stability she placed in England
  • William Shakespeare
    Apr 1, 1563

    William Shakespeare

    Shakespeare is born and comes to be known as the greatest writer of English and Dramatist
  • St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre
    Jan 1, 1572

    St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre

    Mob of Catholic people attacked the Protestants and caused the death of thousands which later resulted in the end of Huguenot movement
  • The Book of Concord
    Jun 25, 1580

    The Book of Concord

    This book contains 10 documents that are the Holy Scriptures to the Lutheran Religion
  • East India Company

    East India Company

    A group of English merchants form the EIC to exploit the Asian trade. They eventually stop the control Southeast Asia and India had over the trade
  • 30 Years War

    30 Years War

    This is the war that was fought between the Roman Catholic church and the Protestants. This war caused the death of half of the German population
  • Reformations End

    Reformations End

    The reformation finally ends and there is religious freedom throught the lands